September 24, 2009 YMCA school in Ghana success based on addressing community need

When computers becomes an examinable subject in Ghana next year, the students at the YMCA Mpraeso School may still be learning computers through chalk-board theory instruction, but they will rise to t...

September 19, 2009 Nigeria YMCA empowers youth through acquisition of skills

From 1-6 September, 2009, the Lagos YMCA, Nigeria, hosted a Summer Camp at Tarkwa Bay Island, Nigeria, for 20 children between the ages of 10 and 15. The theme of the camp was Youth Leadership Develop...

September 11, 2009 Youth Ministry commits to Ghana YMCA youth development

The Ghana Ministry for Youth and Sports committed to working closely with the Ghana YMCA, when they met with a 12-person youth delegation last week.

Led by Reginald Ffoulkes Crabbe, Greater Accra R...

September 11, 2009 Liberia YMCA awarded project to develop youth for employability

The Liberia YMCA and US partner, Education Development Centre, have been awarded a USAID contract to develop a new training curriculum for youth who are over age for regular school, due to war, displa...

September 07, 2009 Editorial - Siyahamba, Issue 15 - Enterprenuership

Greetings YMCA family and friends

Recently, a young illegal immigrant in Europe told me that his life was a misery due to his inhumane living conditions. When I asked him if he would be willing to re...

September 07, 2009 Ghana YMCA technical training addresses critical educational gaps

In the last two decades, the Ghana government has placed low priority on technical training and highlighted academic tertiary education with devastating results for youth entry into the labour market ...

September 07, 2009 Young Liberian woman benefits from YMCA training and skills development

The intermittent civil war in Liberia, which devastated the country from 1989 – 2003, had a particularly painful impact on a very young girl living in Harper, Maryland County. At the age of four she w...

September 07, 2009 Madagascar YMCA supporting youth in crisis

The Madagascar YMCA’s ‘Supporting youth in crisis’ project improves youth’s employability and also develops their creativity and skills for self-employment and maintaining their own businesses.

The p...